with the cool tube and everything included $950, at least until the price comes down for me and I'm a player in the market. (the computer interface connection is $100 more I think.) It was a big commitment and yes I am investing everything, but man oh man.

thats expensive and what you mean by computer interface? you can control them through computers? that would be sick and would it be mac compatible?

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That's one of the best parts...imagine this. The Solid State Plasma Light Source can be controlled via computer and yes Mac compatible and it is dim-able down to 20%. If the computer has the software and the link cable it could be monitoring the heat of the grow area and if something causes it to suddenly get hot with no other recourse it could dim the light to compensate for the heat!!!! The light doesn't go off, it just gets dimmer. Imagine the disasters that could have been avoided.

The cool part is, I don't think Luxim even knows that. I didn't hear them say that in the phone conversations. They have all the components to make the best high tech growing systems in the world and even they don't know it's full potential.

If I where Luxim, (or I may do it myself) I would make a thermal detection unit 'built in' using the already provided simple interface with a laser type temp sensor. You could have a laser guide for it (like the hand held models) to show exactly where it's aiming and have it dim the light if the area being aimed at (tops of plants) goes above the adjustable set temp (78 F). I already worked on a similar project for an HID hood auto adjuster. I was using the fuzzy logic module for the Harvest Master to adjust the height of the reflector automatically to keep the top's in the sweet spot because the point is for them to stay there (in the sweet spot) but they grow!. After actually accomplishing the task successfully, I realized there was a much easier (and cheaper) way of doing it. I'm working on the patent on that one so stay tuned.

Fuzzy Logic interface, set parameters and dimensions and forget it!

sounds great will differently keep this mind and keep a eye on them

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Am I the only one that think its funny.
That you joined this forum just to sell your light's.
And spam us with other site links.
Did you read the rules.

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Bossman88188 gdp medical grow

If someone has a smarter idea than you, and they are willing to share their information with you for free before going off to make millions with it, why would you complain? I'm thinking since it's actually in the Beta stage this is the perfect forum to get the word out. If I'm wrong then I'll take my toys and play with my other friends. Sincerely Plasmargon

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These bulbs are extremely hot(they can melt themselves!), and produce tons of unusable light, just like the sun(roughly only 25% plant-usable/PUR/PAR). They were created back in the early 90's and were deemed a commercial failure.. still in the 90'S.

LEDs are clearly the future of lighting for quite a foreseeable time. They have the highest luminous efficiency(while still producing good light, sorry LPS), and are 'tunable' to various wavelengths. Plus they are the most directional light source(normal bulb radiates 360 degrees, an LED is less than half of that).

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Plasmas are freaking bright. Maybe someday they will be here to grow with.

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This a completely different breed of plasma lighting THERE ARE NO MOVING PARTS TO COME APART! (please read opening post thoroughly)

the problem with LED is it's limitation of power output how many LED's do want in your bank is the question to watt output because you don;t see them making 700watt LED's. One point source as opposed to a bank 2 foot by 4 foot long?

May I share where I agree with you though?

Imagine this; To build an LED fixture the ideal situation is to have at least a three to one ratio of Red to Blue correct?

Well imagine having at least double the wattage of Red LED (500 watts) and one 250 watt plasma Light Source as a foundation covering all the frequencies not covered by the couple of banks of wide coverage high output red and far red LED's. To my scientific mind there could be no better combination. This way it reaches a higher PAR rating by amplifying the red on TOP of the foundation that's perfect for the Veg cycle (including the perfect amount of red) This way the supplementation accentuates the foundation instead of having only two points of the whole chromatic spectrum represented have them all.

The Ideal set up for this scenario is having the PLS in the middle and the Red LED's on the sides of the grow environment. They say soon, with the upgrades being made to the PLS system there will be no need of supplementation but I think they may be wrong since the ideal amount of red is far higher than any single driver can produce.

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The problem is it peaks at 500-600 nm... basically sea-green to yellow. See attachment. The green grid and graph is a basic photosynthetic spectral response. The plasma bulb hits neither of the peaks with its peak... and peaks in the valley of the plant curve.

Halogens can do a very similar spectrum, basically.

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